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  "id": "https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/dehydrated-beets-beet-powder",
  "slug": "dehydrated-beets-beet-powder",
  "name": "Dehydrated beets (beet powder)",
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  "summary": "Beet powder is a red to purple colour used in confectionery, ice cream and dairy. Its weakness is heat: the pigment browns when cooked, which limits it to foods that are not baked.",
  "derivation_summary": "Dried and milled beetroot. The pigments are betalains, chemically unrelated to the anthocyanins of most red fruit.",
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      "jurisdiction_name": "United States",
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      "status": "permitted",
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            "ref": "21 CFR 73.40",
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        }
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    {
      "jurisdiction": "CODEX",
      "jurisdiction_name": "Codex Alimentarius",
      "authority": "Codex Alimentarius Commission / JECFA",
      "status": "not_listed",
      "status_label": "Not listed",
      "note": "Does not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.",
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    }
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    {
      "name": "Dehydrated beets (beet powder)",
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      "name": "Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Publishing Office / National Archives",
      "licence": "Public domain",
      "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-31/title-21.xml",
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    }
  ],
  "citation_policy": "Cite as: Food Additive Index, \"Dehydrated beets (beet powder)\", https://foodadditiveindex.com/additives/dehydrated-beets-beet-powder. This site reports regulatory status and does not rate additives.",
  "generated_at": "2026-09-08T00:09:38.497Z"
}